Re: Blown head gasket???

["Craig Williams" <roccolister@hotmail.com>]

Mark,

My experience with blown head gaskets have always had a major loss of power.
After seeing the gasket there has been a hole blown between two cylinders
causing little or no compression in the two effected cylinders. I suppose
you could have blown the gasket between an oil runner and a cylinder which
is causing the smoke, but I don't think that would be the case. If you've
got an internal engine problem that is causing the smoke, I'd suspect that
you might have blown a piston ring.

A quick check for that is to drain your oil into a clean oil pan and then
run your fingers through it. If you see or feel any metal particles in it,
it's likely that you've got some piston ring problems.

Let us know -- Craig Williams
1981 Scirocco S 2008cc 16V (As seen in 01-2001 Sport Compact Car)
1991 Passat Wagon 2.0 16V (For Wife & Son)
2000 Saab Viggen (20 psi, Turbo charged monster)
Northern California, USA

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Hausler <mk1scirocco@yahoo.com>
To: scirocco list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 10:38 AM
Subject: Blown head gasket???


> I think I blew my head gasket last night. Here is what
> happened.
>
> I drive back from dinner late last night and notice my
> idle is running high. Pop the hood and everything
> seems fine. Smells a little like burning rubber but
> not bad at all. This morning the car was hard to start
> and had to keep the revs up just to keep it running.
> Time for a tune I tell myself. I get out to close the
> garage door and pop the hood to see if anything is
> noticable. Nothing strange under the hood. A little
> more white smoke out of the tail pipe but more like
> vapor. I drive off and in my rearview I notice a cloud
> left behind. At the first light I am waiting to turn,
> not much smoke then but when I take off I fill the
> while intersection. FUCK> . OK something is wrong.
> Turn around a go back home. At home the smoke is
> whiteish and smells burnt. Not heavy oil or heavy
> coolent. When I turn the car off  it runs on for a
> second or two.  I had no real power loss.  Does this
> sound like a head gasket?? Is there other things I
> need to replace at the same time if this is what it
> is? My engine only has 50,000 miles on it. Is there
> other side effects to this?
>
> help
>
> thanks
>
>
>
>
>
> =====
> mark hausler
> '81 scirocco s
> '87 GTI 16v
>
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